noun
- Figurative) people whose criticisms are regarded as irrelevant or insignificant (resembling uneducated people who throw peanuts on the stage to express displeasure with a performance. ()
- usage: "he ignored complaints from the peanut gallery"
- Rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats.
- synonyms: second balcony, family circle, upper balcony
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